But there are also a surprising number of areas of empty land where houses used to stand.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

When she arrived at the large department store, she sat in front of an empty counter.

VOA: special.2010.10.02

And he had seen days of no food and empty stomachs, days when the fish did not come, and the animals were hard to find.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

One of the oxygen tanks failed to empty normally during the ground test.

VOA: special.2009.07.22

But none of the so-called November Nine will leave empty-handed.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

Many buildings were empty and in need of major repair.

VOA: special.2011.01.30

But at night timewhen there was nothing to do and the house was all empty, I'd always think of Jenny.

VOA: standard.other

A distraught Elizabeth Taylor issued a statement saying her life will be empty after the loss of her close friend.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

"I'll know when it's time." Back at the dock,Ryan and Cabral empty 135 kilos of lobsters.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

The skies above large parts of Europe were empty for a second day Friday, as air safety authorities warned that the cloud of ash from Iceland's volcano is spreading.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

everything is going to be impacted." Hassan-yari says that Iranian threats to retaliate against searches of cargo vessels are mostly empty rhetoric, because many are no longer even willing to sail to Iranian ports due to insurance issues.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

(SAYING) On the southern coast - known as the Costa del Sol - block after block of apartments lie empty or half finished, many of them designed for foreign buyers who have long since abandoned the idea of investing in Spain.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24